In order to record numbers and records, the Inca people used quipu, which are made of what?

The quipu method of record keeping involves tying knots in various positions on a set of strings. Each quipu could have as many as thousands of cords on it, with the locations of the various knots representing numeric or other values in an encoded, often base ten, system. It was one of the most impressive and complicated systems of its kind in the pre-modern era.

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